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CDS Appointment: An Opportunity to Streamline Defence Acquisitions

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day announcement from the ramparts of Red Fort to create Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) constitutes a major milestone in the history of India’s defence reforms¹. The appointment of CDS was one....

August 26, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , Appointment of CDS , Military jointmanship , Military modernization

Is Indian Airpower Preparing for Tomorrow’s War?

… the first step in looking at future threat scenarios is posing some uncomfortable but right questions .. these affect all agencies that contribute in a whole-of-nation approach to conflict management .. An over-investment in current doctrines, co....

August 14, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Defence Minister , Military technology , Military-technical asymmetry , Future airpower , Indian Airpower , Indian Airforce

Air Defence Cover for Mechanised Forces: The Bigger Picture

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The Event

On 10 May 2019, it was reported in the media that India had finally selected the South Korean made Hanwha K 30 Biho (Flying Tiger), a highly mobile short range Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) weapon system, to protect its for....

July 10, 2019 Defence , Climate Change , Article

Nano-Technology and its Military Application

Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty Article

General Aspects

Nano technology is science, technology and engineering conducted at nano scale of approximately 1 to 100 nanometre (nm).¹ It is stated that physicist Richard Feynman is the father of this technology. It all star....

June 28, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Military application of nano-tecnology , R&D for nano-technology , Nano-advantage for Indian Army

5G Technology: Transformational Synthesis for Armed Forces

Lt Gen Rameshwar Yadav, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Veteran) Article

Technological superiority has always been the main battle winning factor all through the history of warfare. With no matching weaponry in the Indian arsenal, Bharat, with all the requisite structures of a strong nationality, buckled in face of artill....

June 24, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Transition to 5G , Military connotations of 5G , Indigenous 5G

Gunners March Ahead on a New Path of Resurgence: A Perspective

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The Jinx of Bofors

It was not very long ago when the mere mention of Artillery summoned the unsavoury thought of 'the infamous Bofors'. A gun howitzer which in its aftermath of procurement dried up further acquisitions; for over three de....

June 03, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Indian artillery modernisation , Defence Make-in-India , Indian defence industry

Women Service Officers as Defence or Military Attache`s: Government has to do more to Ensure its Success

Gautam Sen Commentary

India`s defence minister has recently declared that the government has decided to appoint Women service officers as defence or military attaches in the Indian missions abroad. Though this decision has been hailed from many quarters and is being toute....

April 26, 2019 Defence , Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Women service officers , women officers as defence attache’

Pakistan’s Nuclear Bluff

Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty Article

Current Perspective

14 February 2019 was a clear day for movement of vehicles on the Jammu-Srinagar highway. It was after a long spell of road closure that the highway was opened. Viewing the frequent road closures, there was a need to mo....

April 15, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Proxy war under nuclear backing , Pakistan’s TNWs , Response to Pakistan’s nuclear rhetoric

Hypersonic Weapons - An Analysis

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

On 14 Mar 2019, Moscow's State controlled news agency TASS reported that Russia is getting ready to launch the Zircon Hypersonic Missile from a naval vessel. The Missile will have a capability of flying at Mach 8 (9878.4 Km per hour) and will be simp....

April 10, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Hypersonic weapons , Development of hypersonic missiles

India’s Post-Pulwama Response

Amruta Karambelkar Commentary

The attack on Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in Pulwama, J&K, shook the nation. This has been the worst hit on the security forces of its kind. The nation was horrified and there were widespread demands to respond with an iron hand. There....

April 03, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Balakot attack , Balakot game changer